DrasticPreview is also available to OEM as an ActiveX control for Windows NT, 2000 and XP. The ActiveX control uses the same preview engine that DrasticPreview uses and can play all the same file types within the target application.

Please note, there are other SDKs available from Drastic for reading uncompressed audio and video in your own application (DTMediaRead), converting files between formats (MediaReactor) playing/recording files with a SDI or HD-SDI I/O (Drastic DDR) and VTR/DDR serial control (MediaCmd) and emulation (MediaCtrl).  For more information on these SDKs, please see our main SDK page http://www.drastictech.com/sdk.html.

DrasticPreview SDK Overview

The commands available from the ActiveX include:


COMMANDS

  • File/Stream Handling
    • Open, Close
    • Refresh, TargetRect
    • SaveCurFrame
  • Transport Control
    • PlayMode, PlayModeSupported
    • Play
    • PlayAtSpeed, PlayFromTo
    • FastForward, FastRewind
    • Pause, Stop, Eject
    • Seek, SeekRelative, SetTrack
  • Status
    • CurState, CurSpeed, CurPosition, CurTrack
    • Time Code/User Bits: CurTcType, CurTC, CurUB
    • CurDATA
    • Tracks
  • Setup Audio/Video
    • VideoTBCSetup
    • VideoTBCVideo
    • VideoTBCHue
    • VideoTBCChroma
    • VideoTBCGamma
    • AudioOutputLevel
    • AudioBassLevel
    • AudioTrebleLevel
  • Source Information
    • SourceFileName
    • SourceHeight, SourceWidth
    • SourceBitDepth
    • SourceFourCC
    • SourceBitRate, SourceFrameSize
    • SourceVideoChannels, SourceAudioChannels
    • SourceAudioFrequency
    • SourceAudioBitsPerSample
    • SourceMetaDataDWORD
    • SourceMetaDataSTR

A PDF file describing the ActiveX control in more detail is available for Download (DTPreviewEngineAPI.pdf).

For more details on becoming a DrasticPreview OEM, please contact...

oemsales at drasticpreview dot com


For SDK support, please contact...

sdk at drasticpreview dot com

or contact your application engineer directly via E-mail.